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right now five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the co-pilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. shepard: finally, closure for the family of a navy pilot who disappeared from iraq 18 years ago. relatives of scott speicher have been given briefings about his disappearance in iraq. his plane was shot down the first night of the persian gulf war back in 1991 and he became the first american lost in that conflict. his family was told over the weekend that the marines had identified his remains. their lawyer says the navy pilot will be laid to rest in the jacksonville, florida, area, in accordance with his wishes. the white house today gave a bit of weight to mahmoud ahmadinejad's second term as president of iran. a reporter asked the white house press secretary, robert gibbs, if the obama administration
right now five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the co-pilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. shepard: finally, closure for the family of a navy pilot who disappeared from iraq 18 years ago. relatives of...
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thanks to rob for joining us. next, trading up on the taxpayer dime. some folks now using the popular cash for clunkers program to get behind the wheel of a luxury car. and you guessed it, you're paying it. cccccccccccccccccccccl terry: it's barely a week old and it's a huge hit already. congress is making it even bigger. but not everyone is sold on the new cash for clunkers program it turns out that some people are trading in their cars for luxury vehicles like a lexus. jonathan, you say taxpayers are getting a raw deal on this cash for clunkers program. >> oh god, terry. they can't run a rebate program. god help us if they try to run health care. why am i subsidizing any car? a lexus, a honda, a pinto? this is another auto bailout. they dressed it up as some kind of green initiative, but this is the worst of worst type of favoritism for the auto industry, hello g.m. already bankrupt. they wouldn't pass out subsidies to buy genes or toothpaste or tennis rackets. why shuffle more taxpayers' dollars to the auto company? terry: bad idea? it's very popula
thanks to rob for joining us. next, trading up on the taxpayer dime. some folks now using the popular cash for clunkers program to get behind the wheel of a luxury car. and you guessed it, you're paying it. cccccccccccccccccccccl terry: it's barely a week old and it's a huge hit already. congress is making it even bigger. but not everyone is sold on the new cash for clunkers program it turns out that some people are trading in their cars for luxury vehicles like a lexus. jonathan, you say...
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he sai to us since decembe when he appoted us before he was inaugurated, he said, "i want scien to be the centerpie of my administraon. i accept the idea that is advisoryouncil whichas had its ups and dow-- nixon dissolved itsome people nored it, someeople filled it with politicalappointees-- i want this to be fu ofxciting interestg people from a lot of fields. >> rose: what is ithat he wants advice on? >> wt the president ss that has attracteall of us to this council, he sees the conneion between doing basic and technology-rated science and evy aspect of his major programs-- educaon, manufacturing, the enomy, health ce, improving-- trying to control our climate, energy-- all of these things he es as closely linked to scientific acvity. so weave on this counci21 people who represent virtually everdiscipline in science and technology and people from many different states andeople of different genders and lors and are going to take on, we hope, with his blessing, a large number ofmportant tops. wee currently working on a report on influenza, but virtually every aect of modern society th
he sai to us since decembe when he appoted us before he was inaugurated, he said, "i want scien to be the centerpie of my administraon. i accept the idea that is advisoryouncil whichas had its ups and dow-- nixon dissolved itsome people nored it, someeople filled it with politicalappointees-- i want this to be fu ofxciting interestg people from a lot of fields. >> rose: what is ithat he wants advice on? >> wt the president ss that has attracteall of us to this council, he sees...
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[laughter] -- all of us employed. [laughter] the framework for how this kind of work should move forward will produce some very cigna began things at the end. at a minimum, we're producing solutions that can scale regionally and nationally and we have had to do so as a result of these investments. we will have organizations that have much greater capacity. they can scale as you pursue performance in your district and we will have people there that will respond when you call. how many superintendents are tired of asking the question, was the best? who does it? can they come? we need to be able to answer all three of those questions and we need to be able to answer them "yes." we have many anecdotes of promising practices and around the country. many of them even have some data. but we have got to get beyond that. we've got to be on the anecdotes'. we have to get to the things that work and work over and over again. recognizing that the $650 million is a unique opportunity, we need to create some platforms out of it. we
[laughter] -- all of us employed. [laughter] the framework for how this kind of work should move forward will produce some very cigna began things at the end. at a minimum, we're producing solutions that can scale regionally and nationally and we have had to do so as a result of these investments. we will have organizations that have much greater capacity. they can scale as you pursue performance in your district and we will have people there that will respond when you call. how many...
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ben knight, "le line. ." >> joing us to disss u.s.-eptian relations that issues that are likely to ben the agenda whepresident mubarak meets withresident oba tomorrow is salameh nematt welcome. thank you. >> as tries to come up with so middle east deal what ro does envision for president mubarak. >> the obama admistration wouldike to see steps to normize steps with israel. with israel since 1979but it was t has been a cold peace and the obama administrati would like to e some warming up of relatisof kind of changesf visits. so kind of concsions, if you like, to israel, such as allowi flyovs of airplanes, iseli airplanes over egyptian airspace, things ke that,in order to create a more kind of positive atmosphere that would helpaunch the peace procs. the other hand,he egyptians insist that israel should freeze all selement activity inhe palestinia occupied territies in order to facilate such moves. >> egypts easily the most popuus country in the region with 83 million peoplebut is it is as influenal as used to be. >> it's probably as in
ben knight, "le line. ." >> joing us to disss u.s.-eptian relations that issues that are likely to ben the agenda whepresident mubarak meets withresident oba tomorrow is salameh nematt welcome. thank you. >> as tries to come up with so middle east deal what ro does envision for president mubarak. >> the obama admistration wouldike to see steps to normize steps with israel. with israel since 1979but it was t has been a cold peace and the obama administrati would like...
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joining us forore is c. fred rgsten, the director of the peterson instituteor internationaeconomics. the chairman othe peterson institute. ter peterson, has a separate foundation whichs among those priding funding for "worldfocus." welcome to the program. >>ood to be here. >> some are predicting the n defit numbers will lead to a the value the dollar. do you buy that? and so, why should w be concerned? >> bigger budget deficits mean bier trade deficits. that means the us. has to borrow more from theest ofhe world. and ov time, that clearly does put down morpressure on the doll. in the shortrun, bigger budget deficits might mean higher interest rates and that might shorup the dollar for a wle. but overtime, it's bad for the dollar, it's bad for t countr we go into more foreign debtticious undmines our position in the rld p it's a thoroughly bad >> i think seeet's look at cha as i specific. how might a decline in the vue of the dollar fect the willingness of the chinese governme to invest in america. >> chinao
joining us forore is c. fred rgsten, the director of the peterson instituteor internationaeconomics. the chairman othe peterson institute. ter peterson, has a separate foundation whichs among those priding funding for "worldfocus." welcome to the program. >>ood to be here. >> some are predicting the n defit numbers will lead to a the value the dollar. do you buy that? and so, why should w be concerned? >> bigger budget deficits mean bier trade deficits. that means...
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. >> when we walked through the door, we saw, standing before us, president bill clinton. [applause] >> he got what he wanted, but can he govern a divided nation? president ahmenijad is sworn in. throwing stones -- palestinians say they have been abused in custody of israeli soldiers. welcome. we are broadcast on pbs in america. coming up later for you -- an unlikely savior for the humble honeybee. in the last place you might think of. picture perfect pass. we take a look. -- picture-perfect pets. hello to you. after the surprise, tears, and algiers, the speculation. how will north korea's sudden release of two journalists at the behest of former president bill clinton affect the relationship of the two countries? laura ling and euna lee are now back in california. president clinton will be briefing president obama on his meeting with kim jong il. from washington, our correspondent. >> the plane touched down in california. [applause] the two journalists, laura ling and euna lee, rescued from the prospect of 12 years in a north korean labor camp. she had not seen her mother
. >> when we walked through the door, we saw, standing before us, president bill clinton. [applause] >> he got what he wanted, but can he govern a divided nation? president ahmenijad is sworn in. throwing stones -- palestinians say they have been abused in custody of israeli soldiers. welcome. we are broadcast on pbs in america. coming up later for you -- an unlikely savior for the humble honeybee. in the last place you might think of. picture perfect pass. we take a look. --...
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she joins us fro washington. nice to have you with us. >>reat to with you, martin. >> as sretary clinton mes the prident of somalia, wh are the american goalsthat she will be articulating? and what is smaomalia looking f in return? ? i think secrary clinton is going to articulate goals around security and peaceround the ho of africa i think on the somalian end, there are tremendousoncerns being raised that really the u. is being looked to to prop up a transional government that many see as being imposed really from the outde. ihink cearly what at stake ishat a vernment thatas se as creble was oust by e americans back i 2006 and since then, there's been a succeeng series of govements, transitial govements with more or less problems around credibity. d here again what you is a qst for support and legitimacy from the u.s. by this new transitional government the in somalia. >> why ishe state of smaa stabl crucial? >>omalia is in a vit area. it's the gulf ofaden through the astf somalia tough which muchf the world tde flows. this is why during
she joins us fro washington. nice to have you with us. >>reat to with you, martin. >> as sretary clinton mes the prident of somalia, wh are the american goalsthat she will be articulating? and what is smaomalia looking f in return? ? i think secrary clinton is going to articulate goals around security and peaceround the ho of africa i think on the somalian end, there are tremendousoncerns being raised that really the u. is being looked to to prop up a transional government that many...
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it has serbed us well because we have managed to bring in people to give us public service. we would have had no opportunity in the present system to have done that. we have just seen professor darcey, who has presided over the health service review, and done an excellent job. his first wish was to do that and then be able to continue his work as an academic researcher, and so he has returned to that. i think we have benefited from his experience. >> we under that. final question. about a year ago you compared yourself with heath cliff. >> i never did. >> would you compare lord mantle with sw emp ngalli? >> i won't make comparisons. >> thank you. >> this is in-depth scrutiny than the knock-about on the floor of the house. does that mean you would like to increase the number of these meetings? >> well, as you know, we have talked about this. i think i have been very generous in my time. one of the things i was noting is that in the last two years, i think i have made 24 statements to the house of commons, i have been determined to make as many oral statements to the house of
it has serbed us well because we have managed to bring in people to give us public service. we would have had no opportunity in the present system to have done that. we have just seen professor darcey, who has presided over the health service review, and done an excellent job. his first wish was to do that and then be able to continue his work as an academic researcher, and so he has returned to that. i think we have benefited from his experience. >> we under that. final question. about a...
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we keep hearing the president say trust us. trust us. when are we ever going to trust the government? that's the biggest challenge of all is trusting these guys who's the gang can shoot straight, no pun intended stomach thank you. i never forgot about the $600 hammers 20 years ago the government was buying. would you walk into a wal-mart or home depot and say i don't have a hammer. i don't care it's $600 and by the way i need 400,000 of them. whenever you get involved with this thing in washington, i don't know what it's called, it has tentacles, nothing goes well health and medicare, medicaid. it is ridiculous. now we're going to have -- you're going to tell me when i'm going? no, you're going to tell me when i'm dying. >> mike: we're going to put 47 area transit dollars in savings. >> what i don't understand is why aren't we being told how much this will cost. obama wants to invest a chill into possibly $2 trillion but he doesn't know the outcomes. have you ever invested money without knowing what the return would be? i've never done t
we keep hearing the president say trust us. trust us. when are we ever going to trust the government? that's the biggest challenge of all is trusting these guys who's the gang can shoot straight, no pun intended stomach thank you. i never forgot about the $600 hammers 20 years ago the government was buying. would you walk into a wal-mart or home depot and say i don't have a hammer. i don't care it's $600 and by the way i need 400,000 of them. whenever you get involved with this thing in...
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don't use irritating products when using epiduo. overexposure to sun, sunlamps, extreme wind or cold may increase the risk for irritation. use of sunscreen and protective clothing is advised. go to epiduo.com and learn how to pay no more than $20 for your epiduo prescription. to learn more about epiduo gel talk to your doctor, call or go to epiduo.com. >>> a lot of us reach for aspirin or tylenol without thinking twice. imagine if you ended up in the hospital every tomb you took a common over-the-counter medicine. doreen gentzler introduces us to a woman who suffered for years before doctors discovered the mystery. >> i contracted a rash. painful like a burn. >> reporter: that's what happened the first time debby price took an over-the-counter medication. >> i started trying new things, you know symptoms. >> within a period of days her entire skin, from head to toe, just molted like a snake. just peeling off. >> reporter: aspirin, tylenol, penicillin, cold medicine, cough syrup, price tried it and the reaction be cam more severe as
don't use irritating products when using epiduo. overexposure to sun, sunlamps, extreme wind or cold may increase the risk for irritation. use of sunscreen and protective clothing is advised. go to epiduo.com and learn how to pay no more than $20 for your epiduo prescription. to learn more about epiduo gel talk to your doctor, call or go to epiduo.com. >>> a lot of us reach for aspirin or tylenol without thinking twice. imagine if you ended up in the hospital every tomb you took a...
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that does it for us. rick sanchez takes it from here. >>> coming at you right now, killed by a pack of wild dogs. the woman and her husband, he tried to save her. how does this happen? >>> on what planet do you spend most of your time? >> congressman barney frank tells the town hall crowd what he thinks. >> to be honest with you, i -- >> brutally honest or just plain brutal. >>> then, there is the nazi question. >> why do you continue to support a nazi policy? ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with the dining room table, i have no interest in doing it. >> you will see the exchanges. >>> is this tina bill board offensive? >> there is a way to get your message across. >> i will ask roland martin in our new r and r segment. >>> and fotos, who would let their kid do this, flying into the national conversation? the first social media newscast for wednesday, august 19th, begins right now. >>> hello again, everybody. i'm rick sanchez with the next generation of news. it
that does it for us. rick sanchez takes it from here. >>> coming at you right now, killed by a pack of wild dogs. the woman and her husband, he tried to save her. how does this happen? >>> on what planet do you spend most of your time? >> congressman barney frank tells the town hall crowd what he thinks. >> to be honest with you, i -- >> brutally honest or just plain brutal. >>> then, there is the nazi question. >> why do you continue to...
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things i should have done and didn't do, feelings that assail us as we get older and older and we know our time is running out. >> the book is "classics for pleasure," the authors michael dirda. >> thank you. >> at the virginia festival of the book, book tv sat down with ariel sabar to discuss "my father's paradise: a son's search for his jewish past in kurdish raq". this is 10 minutes. >> ariel sabar, are the jews in iraq? >> as of last count, there are all of eight. the new york times did a story last year saying there aren't even enough to hold a religious service. the remarkable thing is iraq used to have the largest jewish population in the middle east, 135,000 strong. now they are down to their last seven or eight. >> where were they? >> all over iraq. largest concentration was in baghdad. this was a striking figure what i can across it but after world war i or world war ii, 1 third of baghdad's population was jewish. much of the population lived around baghdad and this was the area we think of as babylon. there was another, far less known community of jews who lived up north in
things i should have done and didn't do, feelings that assail us as we get older and older and we know our time is running out. >> the book is "classics for pleasure," the authors michael dirda. >> thank you. >> at the virginia festival of the book, book tv sat down with ariel sabar to discuss "my father's paradise: a son's search for his jewish past in kurdish raq". this is 10 minutes. >> ariel sabar, are the jews in iraq? >> as of last count,...
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and so, you know, he sort of used that government apparatus to repress all suppression and use -- sorry, to repress all critics and use the war as an excuse. and then there was sort of the double shock because while the war unfolded, though it wasn't for very long, cairo radio which was listened to by everyone across the region was proclaiming these huge victories, and suddenly six days later, bang, the arab armies were decimated, the golan heights was gone, east jerusalem was gone, so it was kind of like a shock to the arab body politic. and from that they started questioning, how could this happen, you know, how could we be so week? and a group of people said, well, it's because we've gotten so far away from islam, and if we return to islamic values, then we will start reasserting ourselves. that was the the start of the seed, and from there it grew. and general political repression, mosques are the one area where people are allowed to operate and say what they want. there's obviously, you know, parables in the koran that have political content, and so if you talk about overthrowing t
and so, you know, he sort of used that government apparatus to repress all suppression and use -- sorry, to repress all critics and use the war as an excuse. and then there was sort of the double shock because while the war unfolded, though it wasn't for very long, cairo radio which was listened to by everyone across the region was proclaiming these huge victories, and suddenly six days later, bang, the arab armies were decimated, the golan heights was gone, east jerusalem was gone, so it was...
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wenvited the ime minister of france, and they were with us. d this was stopped, thisas to stop because peopleant to live in peace. >> charlie: wh role is cutt playing? cutter, th emir where al jazeeraomes from. >>on't t me into trouble. >> charlie: te me what you think. tter. >> cutter canlay a good role. >> charlie: are they playing a good role. are the playing. >> if they wa. >> chare: but ey're t now? >> i cannot say forure because ere was nothing clear before me to decide. >> charlie: they want to play a role. >> okay,hey play a role. they can play a good role for the sake peace. we want peace, you didi did, anyone which is no the pot, t peace is what matters. >> charlie: when your frien present obama came to cairo and made the famous speech he talked about democrat z peace, women he talked out economic development and he talked about extremism. where is the battle today beeen the sources of extresm and the forces of moderation? >> i think this question you could have asked it t the previous administrion. the preous administration, t potic
wenvited the ime minister of france, and they were with us. d this was stopped, thisas to stop because peopleant to live in peace. >> charlie: wh role is cutt playing? cutter, th emir where al jazeeraomes from. >>on't t me into trouble. >> charlie: te me what you think. tter. >> cutter canlay a good role. >> charlie: are they playing a good role. are the playing. >> if they wa. >> chare: but ey're t now? >> i cannot say forure because ere was...
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stay with us. . >>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> caught on tape, 911 dispatchers behaving badly, talking about police officers, talking behind their backs and potentionally putting many lives in danger. >> fox 5 news has obtained records exposing what really goes on inside d.c.'s 911 call center. and we tracked down those in charge. here is tisha topaz with the tisha thompson. >> reporter: we want to talk to you about the problems, but she esn't want to talk to us. >> the officer got my nephew stopped. >> reporter: you're listen to ing to a recording obined by fox 5 news of a 911 dispatcher on the job, interruptingn officer in the middle of a traffic stop. >> before you complete a traffic stop, i need tcall you. the vehicle belongs to a worker at this time sir. >> that is irrelevant. >> he is nasty. >> i always can count on you sir. >> i don't like him. >> reporter: determined, the dispatcher now calls the police supervisor. at the same time, another police officer in the fiel
stay with us. . >>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> caught on tape, 911 dispatchers behaving badly, talking about police officers, talking behind their backs and potentionally putting many lives in danger. >> fox 5 news has obtained records exposing what really goes on inside d.c.'s 911 call center. and we tracked down those in charge. here is tisha topaz with the tisha thompson. >> reporter: we want to talk to you about the problems, but she...
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will you help us? but the biggest danger here and it's still an open question in iraq as well, is that if you don't have a strong national army that's not the set by those militia kinds of identifications you may never have real security in the country that allows economic development to go forward. so i'm doubtful about the long-term consequences for the policy in iraq as well. it's not been in place for more than a year or two in iraq yet. >> kimberly marten, a lot of ground to cover. thank you very much for joining us and helping us. >> thank you, martin, my pleasure. >>> one other note about the election. we wanted to direct you to our website, worldfocus.org, where you can read the account of a u.s. marine who's helping train the afghan national army. >>> there are of course still more than twice as many american troops in iraq than afghanistan. 132,000 in iraq, 62,000 in afghanistan. but yesterday at least according to the "washington post" the maliki government endorsed a national referendum tha
will you help us? but the biggest danger here and it's still an open question in iraq as well, is that if you don't have a strong national army that's not the set by those militia kinds of identifications you may never have real security in the country that allows economic development to go forward. so i'm doubtful about the long-term consequences for the policy in iraq as well. it's not been in place for more than a year or two in iraq yet. >> kimberly marten, a lot of ground to cover....
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this used to be the state monopoly. now it is virtuly not roducing any roseoil. >> they operate in a ee market, but that does not mean they can alwayfind a market for what they produ. in te rose valley,ulgaria. >> bees, essential to plants and mans are in decline. people inrban aas are being encouragedto putighs on their balcony's and roofto. >> inside our beives, something going wrong. cod it be ty a in trouble? researchers have been ting to help some, but now a possible answer has emerged. omsomewhere really unexpected, rightn the middle of the city. this is a new kind of pstic beehive, and is designed to encourage urbanwellers to keep bs on rooftop and balcony's. ou have a school right next door. >> definitely. the beesthey seemuite docile andamily. they are interested in intaining their honey stores. they are not genelly interested in ople. >> out in the field, this new urbainitiative welcome. the bee is so uful to our food supply in ways people may not reize. >> it is said thhoneybee is responsible for one in three
this used to be the state monopoly. now it is virtuly not roducing any roseoil. >> they operate in a ee market, but that does not mean they can alwayfind a market for what they produ. in te rose valley,ulgaria. >> bees, essential to plants and mans are in decline. people inrban aas are being encouragedto putighs on their balcony's and roofto. >> inside our beives, something going wrong. cod it be ty a in trouble? researchers have been ting to help some, but now a possible...
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"bbc news," west bank. >> goo to have you with us on bc world news." ay with us if yo can. stillo come. ♪ it's th people's pto shoot. why onof britain's top photo snappers is rning his camera on thousand mbers of the public. >> first, tugh, we ve nothg to hide. that is the brish government responding to ausation tt is its security agents have been involved in torture overseas. many politicians tugh, your demandg an independent inquiry into claims tt britain has been complicit in the mistreatmt of terror spects. >> released earlier this year from guantanamo baythis ma says he was tortud in pakistan andmorocco, and th british intelligce officials supplied questns and other material. he one of a numberfeople allegingritain colluded in eir mistreatment, including this jailed terrorist, though his caims were dismissed by a judge, d this one convied of being an al qaeda mastermind. >>e have a series of allegations, which is importan to rec insides have noteen tested by an inquiry or by the cour. but if those allegations a true, then th would amot to me policit >> it doesn't acc
"bbc news," west bank. >> goo to have you with us on bc world news." ay with us if yo can. stillo come. ♪ it's th people's pto shoot. why onof britain's top photo snappers is rning his camera on thousand mbers of the public. >> first, tugh, we ve nothg to hide. that is the brish government responding to ausation tt is its security agents have been involved in torture overseas. many politicians tugh, your demandg an independent inquiry into claims tt britain has been...
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get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health care proposal in the house said that it increased the deficit rather than reduced it. he knows we can't go down that path. and so i think going forward, you will see him speaking directly to those americans who currently have insurance, and trying to put this in the context of getting our deficit under control. because if we don't get health care costs under control it will be virtually impossible to get the deficit down. and i agree with you. this is on an unsustainable path. the last thing i said was mr. president, i've become a little cynical about spending in washington. and
get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health...
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again, giving us that slight chance for a thunderstorm. but i think the best chance for rain this week will be on wednesday with a stronger cold front. near 90 on tuesday. upper 80s on wednesday. then good chance for showers an storms and i think we are finally going to string probably three days in a row. some dry weather. it has been awhile. friday, saturday, sunday going into next weekend but it will get warm. high temperatures in the low 90s. so quiet start to the work week compared to the weather we have had the past few days. >> you pay attention to the newscasts. >> always. >> did you notice we read the same story twice earlier? >> i did but it was a good story. >> coming up, quick plus. at sports plus. qw so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. only verizon's 1
again, giving us that slight chance for a thunderstorm. but i think the best chance for rain this week will be on wednesday with a stronger cold front. near 90 on tuesday. upper 80s on wednesday. then good chance for showers an storms and i think we are finally going to string probably three days in a row. some dry weather. it has been awhile. friday, saturday, sunday going into next weekend but it will get warm. high temperatures in the low 90s. so quiet start to the work week compared to the...
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american people want us to work together. american people do not like partisanship, but american people also don't like groups of people trying to kill something that should be done, should get passed, healthcare reform. we know that we have to reform healthcare system because costs are eating us alive, we are going to get it it done. our hope is we will get it done together first. >> do you want a specific plan? >> if we were in nevada and it it is 115, we would take a lot of questions. it is high humidity, couple questions. >> yeah, we discussed, we should did, senator bingham and the chairman of of the committee talked about energy legislation, yes, we covered it it. we spent a lot of time on a lot of different issues. >> cash for clunkers, we will pass cash for clunkers. >> when? >> before you leave here. >> do you have the votes for it it? >> yes. >> did anyone ask the president to weigh in with more details of his plan and what he wants? >> as senator baucus said, 80% of the two bills represented by the two chairman are
american people want us to work together. american people do not like partisanship, but american people also don't like groups of people trying to kill something that should be done, should get passed, healthcare reform. we know that we have to reform healthcare system because costs are eating us alive, we are going to get it it done. our hope is we will get it done together first. >> do you want a specific plan? >> if we were in nevada and it it is 115, we would take a lot of...
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there one of us,too. different nation, but we'n the same empire,hey're one of us, o. i'm saying t world is at int where we'rell going to have t get better abou saying that to everyone ithe world and ju thatraditionally religions have played a le in expanding th kind of moral imagination ani try to show that ristianity, islam and judaism are all capable of playing that. they've done it before. they've adapted eir dorines. rose: do theylay it the same way? >> there are difrences.t that te same thing but their impact is the same. the consequenc of them being there, whether it's islamic or christian or jew dayic. >> what th have in common is th pragmatism th when they.. >> rose: you c find what you wfind at's necessary inour doctrine to hold the social system togethe that's what they he in common. now, in individual salvation, the idea that, you know, you rsonally can go to aven and that's lge play t religion is about is very bign christiaty and islamnd much less so in judaism. in judaism, the termalvation the hebrew bible issually talking about the socl system. >> rose:
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used t the egyptian governme under nasser that led. w it's t so much the egyptian goverent but still the egyptn people and the things that they do, the new egyptianedia and so fort inire imitation elwhere in the arab world. >> rose: >> the way in which thunited states has cultural hodge gemini in the world, egypt has it in the region. if you're in moroccoand you're spking egyptian arabic, they say so you're speaking must bey arabic. that's why it's importt. i was i kuwait on iraq's first electionsn wife the, kuwais said "th is great for iraq but if ithappened in egypt, it would shakthe region." >> rose: fee venn ck, thank you. >>hank you. >> rose: i'm in washington, d.c. with zhou wenzhong. he has served as china's ambassador to thunited states since 200 he is a ke figure in which what some call the mtmportant bilaral relationship in the world. he works on a rangeof issues important to both countries, including ade, iwan, north korea, climate change,nd the economy. as the economiccrisis has spread, he has said that chi and the united s
used t the egyptian governme under nasser that led. w it's t so much the egyptian goverent but still the egyptn people and the things that they do, the new egyptianedia and so fort inire imitation elwhere in the arab world. >> rose: >> the way in which thunited states has cultural hodge gemini in the world, egypt has it in the region. if you're in moroccoand you're spking egyptian arabic, they say so you're speaking must bey arabic. that's why it's importt. i was i kuwait on iraq's...
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and temperatures getting close to us. a brief period of time we saw a thunderstorm watch issued for the counties northeast of us, including to the east, prince george's county and back up to anne arundel. all that is moving on. thunderstorm activity is well to the north of us now. that is all being kept to the north due to this building ridge of high pressure that comes on in. so we'll be dry overnight tonight. one or two possible thunderstorms tomorrow. but it will be later in the day. and think most of us stay dry. mild overnight tonight. only 76 here in the city. 77 for fredericksburg. 74 in bowie. and tomorrow morning, look at 8:00. temperatures already up to 80 degrees. 92 by lunch. and again just a slight chan of a thunderstorm tomorrow afternoon. isolated, very, very isvhae teh advisory in place as well. we're expecting the potential of the heat to be 103-105. it feels like that will get you in a hurry. so official high temperature tomorrow, 98 that would tie the record at national. little cooler on tuesday and sti
and temperatures getting close to us. a brief period of time we saw a thunderstorm watch issued for the counties northeast of us, including to the east, prince george's county and back up to anne arundel. all that is moving on. thunderstorm activity is well to the north of us now. that is all being kept to the north due to this building ridge of high pressure that comes on in. so we'll be dry overnight tonight. one or two possible thunderstorms tomorrow. but it will be later in the day. and...
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get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health care proposal in the house said that it increased the deficit rather than reduced it. he knows we can't go down that path. and so i think going forward, you will see him speaking directly to those americans who currently have insurance, and trying to put this in the context of getting our deficit under control. because if we don't get health care costs under control it will be virtually impossible to get the deficit down. and i agree with you. this is on an unsustainable path. the last thing i said was mr. president, i've become a little cynical about spending in washington. and
get in deficit down and keep us on -- put us back on a sustainable path. sean: and what does he say? >> he agreed with that, sean. sean: but he quadrupled the deficit in a year. >> well, to be fair to the president, there were some extraordinary circumstances. and he inherited a bad economy and a couple of wars and some other things. but the point i want to make is he was well aware that we have some tough decisions to make. he was alarmed at the first c.b.o. analysis of the health...
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. >>> joining us to help us with more insight on thursday's presidential election in afghanistan, we are joined again by alex thi er, the director of the future of afghanistan project at the united states institute of peace and that's based in washington, d.c. welcome back. >> pleasure to be here. >> there were fresh reports today about efforts by the taliban to intimidate afghans into not voting. can afghanistan hold a broad based elections that will be viewed as legitimate under these conditions? >> well, it's very difficult. the security situation in afghanistan, particularly in the south, is fraught. there is combat going on right now between afghan and international forces between the taliban. the taliban are making threats directly to people if they vote. and so people simply getting out to the polls is a challenge. some 1,200 polling stations out of 7,000 in afghanistan were declared too dangerous just a few weeks ago and were moved or closed. so security could depress the outcome of this election that in a way that could challenge its legitimacy. >> and regardless of who wins
. >>> joining us to help us with more insight on thursday's presidential election in afghanistan, we are joined again by alex thi er, the director of the future of afghanistan project at the united states institute of peace and that's based in washington, d.c. welcome back. >> pleasure to be here. >> there were fresh reports today about efforts by the taliban to intimidate afghans into not voting. can afghanistan hold a broad based elections that will be viewed as...
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thank you for joining us. gov. martin o'malley just made the announcement a few hours ago from one of the stops. matt brock has details. >> with quite a bit of fanfare, gov. martin o'malley and dozens more elected officials gathered to make the announcement most already expected. >> we are moving forward. >> good news for her. >> you got that. right. >> she likes the idea of light rail from new carrollton west to bethesda. for one reason -- less time on the red line. >> red line, you have to go down, cross and then go back up. >> govern o'malley said it took about 50 years to get to this point, 50 years of planning, discussions, sometimes heated discussions. but now the state has the final word and it decided officially to forgo rapid bus transit and instead going with light rail because he says it will just be much better. >> cleaner and faster. >> the governor says light rail will be quicker, more efficient and run cleaner. >> it will be sleek, it will be quiet, low to the ground. this is not your grandfathers' l
thank you for joining us. gov. martin o'malley just made the announcement a few hours ago from one of the stops. matt brock has details. >> with quite a bit of fanfare, gov. martin o'malley and dozens more elected officials gathered to make the announcement most already expected. >> we are moving forward. >> good news for her. >> you got that. right. >> she likes the idea of light rail from new carrollton west to bethesda. for one reason -- less time on the red...
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. >> it is not us. it is the stipulations of the international legality. it is the position of almost every important government and the world. the negotiations are supposed to be about ending the occupation, among other things. how can we negotiate ending the occupation at a time when israel is consolidating this by building new settlements? let's be serious. let's commit. let's commit to the road map. let's stop the expansion of settlements. >> thank you. one of the most powerful leaders in iraq has died in hospital where he was being treated for lung cancer. joining me from baghdad is our correspondent. what did this gentleman represent for iraq and how will he be best? >> he has been battling lung cancer for more than two years. in the last month or so, his death has been widely speculated. his condition has deteriorated quite quickly. as the leader of one of the most important parties, he was one of the most important political figures. the question will really now be whether the party can maintain its influence. it just announced that it would lead a
. >> it is not us. it is the stipulations of the international legality. it is the position of almost every important government and the world. the negotiations are supposed to be about ending the occupation, among other things. how can we negotiate ending the occupation at a time when israel is consolidating this by building new settlements? let's be serious. let's commit. let's commit to the road map. let's stop the expansion of settlements. >> thank you. one of the most powerful...
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so keeping us on our toes. >> reporter: why? >> my boss told me to come here. >> reporter: an afghan army patrol returns to base from the hills. they're accompanied by -- soldiers who were training them as part of nato. life here is a waiting game, and then the very worst happens. one moment it's a -- morning. the next it's -- fell onto our cameraman. the bullet so close the fragment hit his leg. there's a rush cover. we don't know where to run or which hill these shots are coming from. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the afghan soldiers return fire blindly over the hills but americans inside the base wait, looking for the insurgents. soon they see it. [ gunfire ] this is how the war goes here. a few shells from the taliban met with overwhelming american firepower. >> what this is what battle agonizing is about. now under heavy attack. appears to have gone on for about 30 minutes or so. no idea when it is going to start. >> that was nick paton walsh of itn. >>> another aspect of the war in afghanistan often overlooked in this country i
so keeping us on our toes. >> reporter: why? >> my boss told me to come here. >> reporter: an afghan army patrol returns to base from the hills. they're accompanied by -- soldiers who were training them as part of nato. life here is a waiting game, and then the very worst happens. one moment it's a -- morning. the next it's -- fell onto our cameraman. the bullet so close the fragment hit his leg. there's a rush cover. we don't know where to run or which hill these shots are...
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>>ohn walsh, thanks very mu for talking with us tonight. >> thanks, a please. >>> at brings us to our segment, "how you see ." and we'dike to hear from you on ts question of rlaxing the druglaws. is mexico tang the right apprch in ending e prosecution of people caught with small amots of marijuana and other drug you can tel us what you tnk about going to "how you see it," that section at the home page on the wsite of orldfocus.org. > last night we asked you what thought it would take reach peace beeen the israelis and palestinians. and, again, a lot of you weied in. one viewer wrote, our tax doars help israel seize and occupy palestinian las, demolish the homes, destroy theirrchards and ancient olive trees, img prison them behind the walls, prisonhem in lestinian jails, dny the population access to water, od, medical re, education, jobs this is a major stacle to peace. buanother viewer told us to reach peace in t middle east, the 56 muslim cotries must finally accept the right of the jewi state to exist, as enshned in international law by the council of the league of nations in 1922,
>>ohn walsh, thanks very mu for talking with us tonight. >> thanks, a please. >>> at brings us to our segment, "how you see ." and we'dike to hear from you on ts question of rlaxing the druglaws. is mexico tang the right apprch in ending e prosecution of people caught with small amots of marijuana and other drug you can tel us what you tnk about going to "how you see it," that section at the home page on the wsite of orldfocus.org. > last night we...
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and i think i can use them. >> can you tell us which ones? >> the two i am referring to is wajeha al-huwaider and from syria to also push the envelope very much. you look at individuals who treasure their rights and their freedoms as individual into question the culture around them. and of course they have democratic inclinations. and i think they can be used as a probing the tolerance and probing their environment. and in fact, they provide outstanding die. i think the most difficult cases you have are the ones on iraq and iran. and the difficulty is one very much within the complexity of the two individuals you chose. and obviously it is not an easy task to try and choose one out of the 18 million iranians, and one i guess in that case out of arab countries. both characters were maybe with good intentions and definitely i would say being young, attractive to ideals, walk into revolutions and coups and regime changes. and then they get exposed to all sorts of things while they have been part of these regimes. and then either they were forced
and i think i can use them. >> can you tell us which ones? >> the two i am referring to is wajeha al-huwaider and from syria to also push the envelope very much. you look at individuals who treasure their rights and their freedoms as individual into question the culture around them. and of course they have democratic inclinations. and i think they can be used as a probing the tolerance and probing their environment. and in fact, they provide outstanding die. i think the most...
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they're one of us, too. different nation, but we're in the same empire, they're one of us, too. i'm saying the world is at a point where we're all going to have to get better about saying that to everyone in the world and just that traditionally religions have played a role in expanding this kind of moral imagination and i try to show that christianity, islam and judaism are all capable of playing that. they've done it before. they've adapted their doctrines. >> rose: do they play it the same way? >> there are differences.t thate same thing but their impact is the same. the consequence of them being there, whether it's islamic or christian or jew dayic. >> what they have in common is this pragmatism that when they.... >> rose: you can find what you wfind what's necessary in your doctrine to hold the social system together. that's what they have in common. now, in individual salvation, the idea that, you know, you personally can go to heaven and that's large play the religion is about is very big in christianity and islam and much less so in judaism. in judaism, the term salvatio
they're one of us, too. different nation, but we're in the same empire, they're one of us, too. i'm saying the world is at a point where we're all going to have to get better about saying that to everyone in the world and just that traditionally religions have played a role in expanding this kind of moral imagination and i try to show that christianity, islam and judaism are all capable of playing that. they've done it before. they've adapted their doctrines. >> rose: do they play it the...
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and it just so hapns that we use business. one of t things that was teresting is i got a call from a profsor of classics who said that he's teaching how the mighty fall with macbeth. and he said "this is t tragedy " it happens t show up i siness but it's therc of rategy. and the second thing that was teresting, i sharedhis with chiefxecutives before it was published and e c.e.o. came up to me anhe said "do youind if i share it with... and i thought he wasoing to say "thi framework withmy management team. but the words out of his mouth were "with my chilen." i want my children to deunderstand hubris bn of success, dial of risknd peri the mighty can fall. and they've bn privileged. >>ose: hubs means that... it does mean se senseof don't just think you're so damn good. it may very well be that a series of facrs. and don't think that hang done it once mes you can do it forever. and to never believe that you actually understand l the reass for your succs. to always be qstioning, questioning, questioning for the asons. there's a won
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use the interactive tools to track coming storms right down to your street. cul-de-sac, avenue or anything else. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> that will do it for the "late edition". thanks for joining us all night tonight. i am jeff barnd. see you tomorrow night. until then. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning at prices that sizzle, like super-g boneless chicken breast just $1.79 a pound. this week only at giant. towels, sheets and then there was the stuff he wanted... like a new microwave. and because of walmart's unbeatable prices, we were able to get it all. ...and then some. set them up for success-- for less. save money. live better. walmart.
use the interactive tools to track coming storms right down to your street. cul-de-sac, avenue or anything else. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> that will do it for the "late edition". thanks for joining us all night tonight. i am jeff barnd. see you tomorrow night. until then. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning at prices that sizzle, like super-g boneless chicken breast just $1.79 a pound. this week only at giant. towels, sheets and then...
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maybe they're not use to dealing with this. who is. people are frustrated. >> if should th* is a murder suicide that's one thing. if there is a murderer out there we would like to know. >>errifying event. >> yes. >> when we come back o f unrgetblmemori of ted kennedy. >> heartfelt eulogies over the weekend is coming up t >> after a memorial procession through capitol hill and kennedy's unforgettable memorial. >> if you saw any of that you saw the heartfelt memories shared by his two sons and president owe balmasm. president: ted kennedy was the baby of the family. he became a patriotic. the restless dreamer who became it's rock. he was a sunny joyful child who bore the brunt of his brothers teasing but learned quickly how to brush it off. when they tossed him off a boat because he didn't know what a b was 6-year-old teddy got in and learned to sao*eu. when a photographer asked a newly elected body to step back at a press conference because he casted a shadow on his younger brother teddy said it will be the same in washington. the resil
maybe they're not use to dealing with this. who is. people are frustrated. >> if should th* is a murder suicide that's one thing. if there is a murderer out there we would like to know. >>errifying event. >> yes. >> when we come back o f unrgetblmemori of ted kennedy. >> heartfelt eulogies over the weekend is coming up t >> after a memorial procession through capitol hill and kennedy's unforgettable memorial. >> if you saw any of that you saw the...
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when one of the countries have a problem, it affecting all of us. major garrett is live in gaudelajara. >> how much real news can we expect. >> not breaking news and news where all three nations are committing to wratching up health campaigns to deal with swine flu. you pointed out the strong economic ties between u.s., canada and mexico. it clearly has had a over here in mexico. swine flu will be the number one issue for the three leaders n mexico 17,000 have been sickened. to prepare for this. we have a picture that my colleague had. there are tables for tourist here to obtain health information about swine flu and flu masks to protect them. not too many people are wearing them. but mexico is ramping up for an intense flu season. it will affect the united states and can dampt think about this, julie. 300,000 people legally cross the border every day . one cross between united states and mexico and swine flu outbreak and the kind of movement that is moving it around. it is a public issue for all three countries. >> they will be discussing a lot of
when one of the countries have a problem, it affecting all of us. major garrett is live in gaudelajara. >> how much real news can we expect. >> not breaking news and news where all three nations are committing to wratching up health campaigns to deal with swine flu. you pointed out the strong economic ties between u.s., canada and mexico. it clearly has had a over here in mexico. swine flu will be the number one issue for the three leaders n mexico 17,000 have been sickened. to...
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many devices today are actually used to sustain life. we will grow more and more dependent upon medical devices in the future. we stand to benefit a great deal from them but we must be sure that they are safe and effective in order to avoid needless injury and death. end quote. today, this committee will hear testimony on precisely the issue that senator kennedy sought to address, the need to ensure that the medical devices that patients rely on to stay healthy and in many cases, alive, are safe and effective. we are here because last year in a supreme court case regal versus medtronic, inc. the court held the medical device, whose express purpose was to provide for the safety and effectiveness of medical devices, end quote, the court said that this law preempts state tort claims when a medical device causes harm. this means complete immunity from lawsuits for corporations that endanger consumers with unsafe devices. the upshot is that a negligent corporation cannot be held accountable and victims could not receive fair compensation and
many devices today are actually used to sustain life. we will grow more and more dependent upon medical devices in the future. we stand to benefit a great deal from them but we must be sure that they are safe and effective in order to avoid needless injury and death. end quote. today, this committee will hear testimony on precisely the issue that senator kennedy sought to address, the need to ensure that the medical devices that patients rely on to stay healthy and in many cases, alive, are...